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New Species Podcast @newspeciespodcast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There’s a new genus of Staphylinid beetle named after a legend! Thank you Fang-Shuo Hu for introducing us to genus Luffy, and to Rodrigo Salvador for sharing his work on the Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social and why crossovers like these are so important!

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A Genus and Two New Species of Staphylinids with Fang-Shuo Hu

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Ameer Ha @ameerhaio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

a chemist at a university in the netherlands wrote an actual science paper on whether grog from monkey island could really melt through a metal mug that fast his answer is u'd need an acid way too strong to even exist in water. and his last line is 'don't drink that swill' lol

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Paul Armstrong @psa.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Science geekery meets gaming. Analyzing the corrosion of the mugs in Monkey Island by Grog. jgeekstudies.org/2026/09/23/the-sci… #science #Games

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another major question answered! 'The science of Monkey Island: can grog actually dissolve a metal mug that fast?' Here's what Patrizio Raffa has to say: jgeekstudies.org/2026/09/23/t...

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Patrizio Raffa @patraffa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had really fun writing this semi-serious scientific article! 😃 Thanks a lot to @jgeekstudies.bsky.social for publishing it. I hope you enjoy it

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dry @drydesigns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Had a lot of fun researching and writing this article! Very grateful to @jgeekstudies.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Pyukumuku gang rise up

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Fantastic read! Emily Wilson is classicist and the translator of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into English. "[Nolan's movie] lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. (...) None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words."

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Shujie Chang @shujie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Something a little different and very fun with Pokémon!

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Kaumi420 @kaumi420.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I found this site looking up the #cosmicprincesskaguya tag. The article is super interesting read with a ton of sources listed. The entire website has super interesting content on it. Idk there was so many colors of sea bunnies. Apparently they don't even know if they see the same species or not.

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A curious way to go about about it, for sure. "Humanlike tone is based on presentation; anthropomorphism doesn't prove sentience. / Persuasiveness and self-consistency can be measured, yet don't imply real or simulated behaviour."

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A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient

Careful, you'll hurt its feelings.

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Matthew @mapoochoo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Happy #GeekPrideDay & #TowelDay! 🎉🎉 What better way to commemorate than catching up on some #geekstudies? Take a look at our ongoing 2026 volume and see what we've been up to so far: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...

Cover of the 2026 Volume of the Journal of Geek Studies, showing a phylogenetic tree of the wyverns from the Monster Hunter games.

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@pathoftitans.bsky.social introduced a new playable Tylosaurus species to the game, with feedback from the actual paleontologists who described the new species. Their new video includes an interview with Amelia Zietlow, from the @amnh.org, who led the research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0N-...

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Tylosaurus rex - New Subspecies & Interview

YouTube video by Path of Titans

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

An analysis of 141 films since 1919 finds geologists are usually portrayed as likable characters, though nearly a third of on-screen geologists die, most often by murder or geological events. doi.org/hb3tq4

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Geologists in films are the good guys... but they often die

It all began with a perfectly ordinary chat over coffee between four researchers. How many films featuring geologists can we think of?

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New from @jgeekstudies.bsky.social "Sea bunnies retained their presence in the pantheon of kawaii animals, and now they are a common sight in souvenir shops and gashapon machines as well as making a few appearances in anime" jgeekstudies.org/2026/05/01/a... #Culture #Nature #SeaSlugs #Biology

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A kawaii slug? The sea bunny Jorunna parva in pop culture

Rodrigo B. Salvador1 & Carlo M. Cunha2 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Po…

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

While in our world, molluscs are the second most diverse animal group. But their representation in game universes (like Magic: The Gathering) is skewed, and someone felt the need to look into that! (and maybe research expense some boosters) 🧪 #MTG Link: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...

Giant Oyster and small giant clam (Tridacna maxima). Sources: card: Gatherer; photograph: Wikimedia Commons (Dupont, 2009), CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The partnership between Cairn devs' and "ONF-Acting for the Forest" once again illustrates how video games can contribute to environmental conservation, as I concluded in my previous study. Something I notice more and more -for the good !! #conservation jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...

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Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives

Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…

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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm building a new home for my writing on Substack. As part of the process, I'm revisiting some older pieces: here's a revised version of my article on Jōmon archaeology in Zelda, originally published in the @jgeekstudies.bsky.social 👇

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Jōmon in Hyrule

The 10,000-year-old archaeology behind Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Why do some people elect to be trolls? Part of it is attention seeking, but there is a dark undercurrent of traits sending them down that path, including narcissism, trait sadism, and even straight-up psychopathy, all found to be strong predictors for such behavior. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please do not feed the trolls!
The graphic has been roaming around the internet for about a decade now, and I found several iterations of it, but I could not locate the original artist.
This one I took from a piece by Dan Wunderlich on How to respond to trolls, haters, and honest feedback on Facebook (https://www.resourceumc.org/en/content/how-to-respond-when-negativity-hits-your-facebook-page)

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retrorgb.com @retrorgb.com · 29/12/2025

Here's an interview with Video Game History Foundation's Frank, where we talk about their Sega Channel finds, the NES's launch and lots of other stuff. Just search any podcast app for "RetroRGB Cifaldi", or check out the main post here: retrorgb.com/interview-with-vghfs-f…

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Our 2025 Year in Review! Readers from 185 countries/territories visited the Journal of Geek Studies this year. We appreciate your support! 🤗 Top 10: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China. 🎉 And for the first time, Montserrat and Côte d’Ivoire joined the party!

Top 10 countries with the most accesses to the JGS in 2025: USA, UK, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, India, Japan, China.

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Ma dernière étude est désormais disponible dans le dernier volume du JGS ! J'y parle pour rappel Conservation animale par le jeu vidéo, ses difficultés, ses enjeux, et ses perspectives !! 🦉

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

We're approaching the year's end, so our 2025 volume is now closed. 🎉 You can check it out at jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol... We have #geekstudies articles about Pokémon tournaments, Magic molluscs, cyberpunk, Another Crab's Treasure, conservation & video games, and steampunk dinosaurs in anime.

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Ma dernière étude sur la conservation animale par le jeu vidéo est sorti mi-novembre, où j'essaie de baliser ce qui se fait et ce qui pourrait être fait dans un futur proche. Si vous êtes chercheur ou journaliste dans le JV et que le sujet vous intrigue, n'hésitez pas à venir m'en parler ^^

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Here's your Friday bird break: Read about how scientists taught parrots and starlings to copy the beeps and boops of R2-D2 to study how accurately different types of birds can mimic sounds. #ornithology

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These Birds Learned to Tweet Like R2-D2. Listen to the Uncanny Results

The lovable Star Wars droid is helping to shed light on why some bird species are better at mimicking sounds than others

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

So, I finished the first "Duck Detective" realised by @happybroccoligames.bsky.social ". He was good. But as I'm ornithologist, I need to correct some facts I saw in the loading screens in this serious thread ⬇️🦉 #birds

I a rainy night, a terrible crime was comitted...who is the culprit?

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

My new study is online and it's all about animal #conservation and video games ! I make a case study on a game with a #bird and much more ! Thanks to JGS and Rodrigo for the opportunity ! 🪶 A little thread to synthesize my work ⬇️

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Florian Verdier @floriannechekuv.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉 Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !

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